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Brief discussion of the history of women in entertainment

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It is commonly assumed that throughout history, art has been one of the ways to determine where particular segments of society are situated in relation to the rest. Whether the art being studied is writing, painting, sculpture, music, or more recently, film, how that part of society is reflected in the art, measures the rise or fall of that particular class of person, in this case the female. For example, when considering the film industry, in the early 1900s, the female heroine in a movie was frequently shown as going to the city to find her way, only to be tempted and fall into despair, wishing herself safely back home in the arms of her small town family (Enstad 67). Yet, later adventure serials, between 1912-1920, depicted the heroine as hardworking, saving her self as well as saving those she befriended, and being rewarded with respect and a promotion (68). More recently, movies such as Working Girl (1988), have shown the female lead as using wit, guile, and determination to "make it" in the city, and being rewarded with both the job and man of her dreams, thus creating a more realized character. Shreve (...

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